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You know the politicals in Washington are so dishonest that they do not know who is stealing from who.They say that when they get to Washington they will work for us, That true to. They will make their bank account fatter and ours smaller.

Does blogging effect campaigns? Don't know. But I sure enjoy sitting in my parent's dark basement spouting my right-wing diatribes and citing lots of websites that do my thinking for me.

Did I tell you recently about the Swift Boat Vets for Truth? Oh, yeah, I guess I did in 200 other posts. Excuse me.

Posted By James, Phoenix AZ : October 6, 2007 10:51 am

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Those blogs which provide any usefulness are those which strive to provide a forum for authentic voices. CNN, however, isn't one of these. It seemingly supports the hijacking of user-names (as this poster above demonstrates). CNN could block the ISP of people posting under established user's names – but they would rather not... perhaps because the REAL James, Phoenix is a conservative voice.

Those blogs which DO provide authentic dialogue DO make a difference.

Hey CNN – how about another Brittany story or something new about Larry Craig??

Cheney's energy task force decided to
use our military to secure Arab crecent oil. When valid reasons besides oil
interests did not appear, CIA analysts
were forced to change WMD data, arming
Bolton to fool Colin Powell. They would
have pulled it off if they heeded Tommy
Franks advice. No, greed (contractors)
got in the way with our men paying the
price. When will do the crime, do the
time occur? Presidents can't pardon
themselves. I forgot Democrats don't have a clue, can't even prosecute obvious Hatch act violations by the
Justice Dept. Can you say third party.

I doubt they make too much of an impact. I like catching up on the Political Ticker on the weekends, mostly for entertainment.

Eric, Newtown PA: "Impact" is a trans verb. What's wrong with using it? Might be like "the decider," grammatical but not commonly used.

This 2008 election is unlike any other election because of the amount of internet users logged on to date. Internet users have the power to change an election in just one simple 24 hour cycle. Watch carefully everyone, as there will be surprises all around this Presidential race. To those candidates who believe they have a strong, solid lead right now, go ahead and keep thinking those thoughts ... The polls are very inaccurate these days and this is in part because the real action is alive and well on the blogs – blogging online. Who pays attention to these blogs, let me say this, Hilary would be wise to pay attention because her polling is so one sided/lop-sided actually. Edwards is the democratic man in 2008, the decided POTUS in 2008. Will CNN let this message upload?

Ed,Ellenville,New York
You helped to turn me towards the light – I thought that Hillary voted for the war with the same intelligence that Bush had – and then I thought that the Democrats voted to fund the war too – then I was so disillusioned that I thought that the Democrats had any culpability in this war – thank you Ed – you are the lighthouse(seemingly for the morons who believe all the rhetoric they toss....)

CNN's Political Ticker is the closest thing to commenting (unedited mostly)on our government, on even playing field, on a very large stage. CNN has provided the news information to all levels of American society at the same instant. We can comment now closer to the same timeline the event actually happens.This blog is closely watched by players in the political process.

Doug Keltz has a terrific idea.
Would ... Larry Craig (R-Idaho) agree to take the MRI lie detector test...? This test has been found to be 100% bulletproof."

A foolproof lie detector is exactly what we need. Every candidate for public office can be asked a few simple questions, the results of which can be made public. Have you ever broken a law and not been caught? Have you ever lied to the public? Have you made promises to individuals in exchange for campaign contributions? Do you have secret understandings with anyone regarding your performance in office? etc. How clean our politics would suddenly become.

We can extend it to all citizens. Every year, you would go to the Department of Honesty for your annual checkup. Have you cheated on your taxes or in business? Have you broken any laws? Have you cheated in your marriage? Do you have money in accounts that your spouse doesn't know about? Do you speed on the freeway? Are you involved in any ongoing criminal activity? Are you a terrorist? Have you written a computer virus? Have you dealt honestly with all people with whom you have commercial transactions?

Corporate CEO's and Board members could likewise assure the public of their trustorthiness. Foreign companies doing business with the US could do likewise.

What a wonderful world it would be! Let's get something started here and now.

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN... We see that some people have warped views. They think that if some people don't agree with them they are current mental patients or lunatics. That is nonsense about meeting law officials maybe people were just mad at the moment.

My family has registered Republican for 5 generations. Would the honorable Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho) agree to take the MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) lie detector test regarding his activities in the Minneapolis Airport men's room if the arresting officer agrees as well? This test has been found to be 100% bulletproof. It far surpasses the archaeic "polygraph test" in scientific credibility. I am a Sr. Electronics Engineer who has lived and worked in Silicon Valley for over 20 years.

CNN please stop being the Clinton Network News and start reporting the news. This is a non-issue and you know. I am sure you guys were in the conference call with General Peck from Iowa. Start being reporters. Drugge is not a reporter and you should not be reporting because he does.

Well Im not so sure these polls are exactly right. Many of our viewers seem to be going on vacations. I hope they come home soon.

I can attest to the fact that blogs have shaped politics. In the ten years I've been stating my views,many of them have become mainstream. Some of my comments were inciteful to the right-wingers and probably caused them to venture out into the light to be destroyed and some have held back politicians from radical moves that would have been disastrous. I wish the current mental patients had heeded my words,but alas you cannot force reason on lunatics. I've met lots of law enforcement folks for that effort.

Trying to convince somebody politically is impossible, just like religions, it is embedded into thier culture and ways of life. The only way to change that is either through epiphany or betrayal of loyalty.

Nice try @ CNN though, making us want to comment more because it "might"(lol)change political practices.

Lol.

Since the media won't, or maybe can't, report anything but biased and sensationalized news; we the people have to go somewhere that isn't owned by corporations who will then cash in on favors from those politicians that have the morals of a feral cat.

Politicians should be reading the blogs as it could help them to understand what the majority of the people are thinking about them and sometimes it gives great insight about the candidates. I believe it could sway some voters in the election especially the undecided voters. It could be a campain tool. Blogs are good and it is a lot of fun and entertaining especially when reading some of the comments.

No. Only money and power.

Obviously its not fair for some of us to act like its several tags under one name and what the CNN crew that does the review can tell you, which I will now admitt, There is more than one voice at the trekks p.c., and its not fair even to my own Party. After I made my tag known, it was not right of me to allow Afew, and Restof, etc., to be putting oppinion through an often more civil voice all under one tag. I apologize, that is not exactly a fair way to try and breakdown barriers. The people I trust to keep objective and myself have another more pressing matter to attend to (watch that National weather, we HAVE to!) and their wont be but someone whos only supposed to keep an eye out for that bunch that has nother more to say than to ball the worlds problems into one big wad and spit it at G.B. Please allow a more fair approach to the Overall opinion crowd as a whole. Once again I apologize.

I sincerely hope that comments on media blogs have influence, because the mainstream media – CNN very much included – is a cauldron of partisanship passing for objectivity.

For one, the MSM is dead set on pronouncing Hillary Clinton as the democratic nominee no matter what. So they report that she "makes no mistakes" (excuse me while I die laughing), they highlight polls with serious methodological flaws that they do not disclose and put fluff over substance when covering politics.

A particularly egregious example of this manipulation and/or intellectual laziness was CNN trumpeting a commanding lead by Hillary in New Hampshire, all the while minimizing the fact that 81 percent of those questioned were undecided! (CNN's chief pollster is an old longtime associate of the Clintons).

Or the recent Wash Post/ABC poll claiming a 53-20 lead for Hillary over Obama amongst "lean democrats." No information on whether these are even registered voters or "likely" voters. No information about the margin of error for this subset of those polled – but it must be huge because, as a DailyKos blog calculated, the 52-20 difference was arrived at by questioning between 30 and 80 democrats actually likely to vote – out of more than 1,000 people who were actually questioned in the poll!

The comments tell a different story. They act as checks and balances to beltway egocentrism.

Blog comments are the best way to get out information about non-national (or "mainstream")media covered candidates. E.g., Ron Paul. It's the most powerful tool available to the disenfranchised.

I think it will impact campaigns because the many workers who research for candidates will no doubt use the internet much more than 2004; Im sure they will review all the well-known blogs such as this one.

Not really. People already have their minds set on their candidate. We know that blogs are full of people who are constantly trying to persuade people to switch to their party, but it really doesn't work.

I believe candidates would be WISE to check into various blogs to get the pulse of harder-core constituents. Some of the views expressed are quite insightful (others incite-ful). Also, I think it would be good to see what the opposing party is thinking/saying – what angles of attack are being taken.

I think blogs and comments help democratize the media. It is more than just a fad. It's like the difference between the pony express and email! I suppose corporate interests will try to harness it at some point...but for now it's great!

Each campaign has a campaign specific blog. Go ahead and make a complaint or have a debate, or commiserate with the politically like-minded. The quality of responses is much better than on the political ticker here. You could copy the articles here, post them on Clinton, or Obama or Edwards, Blog and start the discussion. Good fun. Go ahead, bash Obama on the Obama site, or Edwards on the Edwards site – just don't be rude about it.

Of course, you can't post to Hillary's site if you say anything that could be interpreted as critical. The posts there are tightly controlled.

Blogging on the CNN political ticker is, oddly, a throwback for an old pol like me. Decades ago, there were unlimited opportunities to impact political campaigns through organizing, speaking to groups, and even running campaigns if you were so inclined. Nowadays, nothing but gerrymandered districts, money and advertising actually impact the outcome of elections. Thankfully, in the Internet age, the simple tool of writing a few, occasional words in a political blog, allows one to actually express a personal thought, rather than just listening to pundits (who are so often just repeating conventional wisdom). I am happy to hear that some campaigns actually review the blogs because it is vital that a diversity of voices be heard by those who would lead us.

"Impact" shouldn't be used as a verb.

The GOP used the blog in 2004 to spread lies and deceit about John Kerry and it worked very effectively.

The funniest of them, though effective, was the idea that Teresa Kerry would enliven her "Nazi-like" tendencies if she were first lady due to her German roots. As we all know, Teresa is Portuguese, not German, but that doesn't matter when you won't allow facts to get in the way of a good story.

I wonder how the people would have reacted if Bush's record were posted for all to see in the same fashion?